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Babysitter accused of taking sexually explicit photograph of young girl

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Updated: 1:05 PM EDT Apr 30, 2017

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HAVERHILL, Mass. —

A Massachusetts man was charged with sodomizing a 3-year-old upstate New York girl he was babysitting, then distributing photos of the abuse over the internet, authorities said.

Michael McCann, 30, of Haverhill, was charged last week with the sexual exploitation of a child after state troopers and FBI agents tracked child pornography to his username on a website for people interested in certain sex acts.

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The investigation began in January when an undercover sheriff's investigator in Arkansas was contacted by someone regarding sexual contact with underage children.

An undercover FBI task force agent in Little Rock began communicating with McCann over the website, the affidavit said.

The affidavit said in mid-April, McCann admitted to recently having sexual contact with a 3-year-old female that he was babysitting and shared photos of the sexual contact and saying he had additional photographs of the encounter.

When investigators executed a search warrant of McCann's home and vehicle, he admitted that he'd distributed the sexually explicit photo of the girl, the affidavit said.

The girl's mother confirmed to investigators that McCann was allowed to babysit the child, the affidavit said.